Sunday, 27 January 2013

It's here!

It's here!

Since Genghis Khan’s death in 1227, countless
searches for his tomb have been launched without success. Their motivation is
that it is both logical and possible that the largest treasure and store of
wealth the world has ever known is buried with him. You may be wondering how
this can be? If you look at a modern map, Genghis Khan’s territory would
include thirty countries—and more than three billion people! Treasure hunters
have been in a frenzy to find the tomb for centuries. In fact, several people
have publicly proclaimed to have found the grave site but have been proven
wrong. My point is that despite all this potential incentive, why hasn’t it
been located? Currently scientists using satellite imaging and ground
penetrating radar have located a few pottery shards and some images of an
underground structure, believing that the tomb may be within reach. The
discovery of these relics generated a Newsweek story on the subject but, in my
humble opinion, they are celebrating prematurely.

This blog is the result of my desire to share my
three years of research on the Great Conqueror, Genghis Khan. This is in
preparation for my historical e-novel that will be released later this year.
Who am I? My name is Michael B. Hickland. I’m an author, retired corporate
executive and amateur history buff. I’m a graduate of the University of Florida
and attended Delaware Law School. During my earlier career I traveled
extensively to many countries. In Asia, the Mongol ruler dominates history like
no other and I am both fascinated and intrigued by this enigmatic leader. So, I
decided to devote myself to learning and writing about him.

I will be offering both facts and context about the
events that shaped the boy, the man, the leader, the conqueror and his motivation
through my entries. Furthermore, I will provide information and speculation on
the effects of the treasure on individuals and nations as history has unfolded.
My book will be historical fiction.

But for now, here are some facts;

A multimillionaire from Chicago, Maury Kravitz,
financed an American-Mongolian expedition in 2001 to search for the tomb. He
had also done his own research.

The American noted that a multi-year Japanese
expedition had ended in 1992 after finding tomb after tomb. None of them were Genghis Khan’s. Kravitz
also claimed he knew where to find 'the Great Khan'.

Christopher Bellamy, a journalist in the UK wrote in
1994 that, “The ancient conqueror's hidden grave may out-dazzle Tutankhamen's
treasure.”

“In the 12th and 13th Centuries he defeated the most
advanced empires of his time: the Shah of Khwarizm in the Middle East, the
Sultan of Delhi and the Chin Empire in China. From eastern Asia his generals
conquered the wealthy principalities of Russia. They pressed on as far as Hungary.
The booty yielded by his conquests was incalculable.”

Quoting Kravitz, Bellamysaid that “at first the
Mongols did not know what to do with the cities they had conquered. Later, they
removed anything of value from the cities. From 1212 through to Genghis's death
on 18 August 1227, there was a constant flow of treasure back to Karakorum, the
imperial capital. Not one single piece of that wealth has surfaced. It is fair
to assume, given the size of the burial party - 2,000 excavators and 800
soldiers, that it was all buried. It would be a hundred Tutankhamens in one.”

According to legend, every one of those excavators
and soldiers were killed after their work was done to protect the secret
location of the tomb’s treasures.

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